August 2009
| 24-28 | Welcome Week |
September 2009
Alcohol Awareness Month / Campus Safety Awareness Month / Ovarian and Prostate Cancer Awareness Month / 6 – 12 National Suicide Prevention Week
| 2 | Fun Fair East |
| 9 | Wellness Wednesday: Welcome Back |
| 17 | Wellness Wednesday: Back Pain |
| 23 | Wellness Wednesday: Dental Health |
| 24 | Unity Walk Against High Risk Drinking, West Concourse, SCE |
| 30 | Wellness Wednesday: Campus Safety |
October 2009
Breast Cancer Awareness Month / Alcohol Awareness Month / Dental Hygiene Month / Domestic Violence Awareness Month / 5-11 Mental Illness Awareness Week / 8 Depression Screening Day / 15 Latino AIDS Awareness Day
| 1 | HIV/STI Testing, East Campus (White Oak Room, SCE) |
| 7 | Wellness Wednesday: Healthy relationships |
| 14 | Wellness Wednesday: GLBT Issues |
| 21 | Wellness Wednesday: Breast, Ovarian & Testicular Cancer |
| 26-30 | National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week (11am - 3pm, Pier Room, SCE) |
| 27 | NCAAW DUI Simulator (10am - 4pm, Location TBD) |
November 2009
Lung Cancer Awareness Month / American Diabetes Month / Healthy Skin Month
| 4 | Wellness Wednesday: Diabetes |
| 5 | HIV/STI Testing (Room 213, Student Center WEST) |
| 11 | Wellness Wednesday: Cold/Flu |
| 18 | Wellness Wednesday: Smoking Cessation |
| 19 | Great American Smoke Out (11am - 3pm, Pier Room, SCE) |
| 25 | Wellness Wednesday: HIV/AIDS |
| 26-27 | Thanskgiving Break |
December 2009
| 1 | World AIDS Day |
| 2 | Wellness Wednesday: Stress and Anxiety information |
| 3 | HIV/STI Testing, Fort Dearborn Room, Student Center EAST) |
| 7-11 | De-Stress Days (9:30 - 11:30am, Pier Room, SCE |
January 2010
National Blood Donor Month
| 13 | Wellness Wednesday: Donatig Blood |
| 18 | MLK, no classes |
| 20 | Wellness Wednesday: Cervical Cancer |
| 27 | Wellness Wednesday: TBD |
February 2010
Healthy Relationship Month / American Heart Month / Cancer Prevention Month / 7 National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day / Black History Month
| 3 | Wellness Wednesday: Healthy Heart |
| 3-11 | Hospital Hug Creation Station at Wellness Center |
| 10 | Wellness Wednesday: Sexual Responsibility |
| 17 | Wellness Wednesday: Healthy Relationships |
| 24 | Wellness Wednesday: Environmental Wellness |
March 2010
Nutrition Awareness Month / National Nutrition Month / Women’s History Month
| 3 | Wellness Wednesday: Nutrition |
| 10 | Wellness Wednesday: Eating Disorders |
| 17 | Safer Spring Break (11am - 2pm; Pier Room, SCE) |
| 22-26 | SPRING BREAK [no programming] |
| 31 | Wellness Wednesday: STD/STI Facts |
April 2010
National STD Awareness Month / Sexual Assault Awareness Month / Stress Awareness Month
| 7 | Wellness Jam (11am - 3pm; SCE) |
| 14 | Wellness Wednesday: Sexual Assault |
| 21 | Wellness Wednesday: Studying Tips |
| 28 | Wellness Wednesday: Stress Reduction |
May 2010
| 3-7 | De-Stress Days (9:30 - 11:30am; Pier Room, SCE) |
Campus Wellness Events
The Wellness Center organizes several large scale events to provide students with up to date wellness information in a fun and interactive format.
Unity Walk – Walk for Unity. Walk for Fun. Walk for Wellness. This event is a celebration of the diversity of our campus and brings the campus together through a fun walk through the UIC neighborhood.
National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week – This event promotes responsible drinking, stresses personal responsibility, provides practical safety tips, and positive choices students can make to protect themselves and their friends.
Great American Smokeout - This event encourages smoking cessation, by providing students with information on the harmful effects of smoking, and on proven strategies for smoking cessation.
World AIDS Day – This event is intended to provide students with information and resources on HIV/AIDS, including testing information and sites, and encourages students to take a personal responsibility to stop the spread of HIV.
De-Stress Days – This week long event is held during finals week each semester and is intended to help students unwind and de-stress during their finals and provides students with energy foods, pencils, stress relievers and tips.
Safer Spring Break – This event, held the week before students leave for Spring Break, provides students with the tools to stay safe during their vacations in an interactive and fun format.
Wellness Jam – This event is a wellness fair that focuses on educating students, faculty and staff about ways to address the eight dimensions of wellness. On and off campus agencies, student groups and departments provide participants with a variety of wellness information.
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